The Toronto Blue Jays had all sorts of problems with Mike Mussina and the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.  The Blue Jays were only able to come up with six hits in the game and one run.

Jesse Litsch pitched 5 1/3 innings while giving up ten hits and four runs while taking the loss.  Litsch dropped to 7-2 on the year.  Just a bad game that was bound to happen sometime for him as he had been on a good run as of late.

Shawn Camp gave up one more run in relief before Scott Downs and Armando Benitez finished up the game for the Blue Jays on the mound.

The one run for the Blue Jays came in the sixth inning when Scott Rolen doubled and scored Alex Rios.  It was just a bad hitting night for the Jays.  Hopefully they will bounce back tomorrow against the Yankees and score more than one run.

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The Toronto Blue Jays scored six runs in the seventh inning as they beat the New York Yankees by the score of 9-4 on Tuesday night.  The win was a huge game for the Blue Jays as the beat the Yankees and are now 32-28 on the season.

The Blue Jays got a couple of runs off Yankees starting pitcher Joba Chamberlain early in the game and then exploded in the sixth inning like we previously said.  David Eckstein led the Blue Jays with three rbi, Rod Barajas had two rbi and four other players had one rbi.  Marco Scutaro, Alex Rios, Scott Rolen, and Lyle Overbay all had one rbi in the game.

Roy Halladay was the winning pitcher as he won his seventh game of the season.  Halladay threw six innings while giving up six hits and two runs.  Brian Tallet, Jesse Carlson, and Jason Frasor finished up the final three games of the game.  Tallet gave up one run, but Carlson and Frasor did a pretty good job.

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Roy Halladay pitched eight great innings of baseball and the Toronto Blue Jays were able to hold off the Oakland A’s on Wednesday night by the score of 2-1.  Halladay out dueled Rich Harden of the Athletics in the game as he picked up the win.

Halladay allowed eight hits but only one run over eight innings of action.  Halladay recorded nine strickouts while only walking one batter as well.  B.J. Ryan then came into the game in the ninth inning to secure the game and pick up his 12th save of the season.

Alex Rios had the game winning hit in the ninth inning off of Keith Foulke as he doubled to left field and scored Shannon Stewart.  Stewart actually got the Blue Jays on the scoreboard in the third inning when he had a rbi single to center field that plated Brad Wilkerson.

Usually two runs won’t get you a win, but it was good enough last night as Halladay was on top of his game.

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The Toronto Blue Jays completed a three game sweep of the Minnesota Twins as they won 3-2 in 11 innings of action.

Joe Inglett singled in Scott Rolen in the eleventh inning for the winning run.  Alex Rios and Rolen both had a rbi in the game as well as the Blue Jays improved to 21-22 on the season.

Shawn Camp got the win for the Blue Jays and he is now 1-1 on the season.  B.J. Ryan picked up his seventh save of the season as well in the game.  Starting pitcher Dustin McGowan only pitched five innings as he gave up two hits and two runs.

The Blue Jays will try to keep the good ball going when they taking on the Philadelphia Phillies in a interleage matchup.

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The Toronto Blue Jays got the better of the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night with a nice 3-0 victory for the Blue Jays.  The Blue Jays scored one run in the third, fifth, and seventh innings.

A.J. Burnett gave up three hits in 7.2 innings.  A good performance by Burnett as he struckout five batters.  He did walk five but made sure that they did not come around to score.  Jesse Carlson got the final out in the eighth inning after Burnett was pulled out of the game.  B.J. Ryan picked up the save which was his of the season.

Scott Rolen got the Blue Jays on the board with a RBI single in the third inning.  Vernon Wells then had a sac fly to center field in the fifth inning.  In the seventh inning, Alex Rios went deep and hit a solo home run to make the score 3-0.

It was a really big win for the Blue Jays as they improved to 12-17 on the season.

Even without the presence of Frank Thomas the Toronto Blue Jays were able to defeat the Detroit Tigers in Toronto on Sunday by the score of 5-3.  With Frank Thomas getting angry for being taken out of the lineup a day early, Toronto released him leaving them short one big hitter for the game against the Tigers.  But even without Frank, the Blue Jays were able to hold their own and come out on top. 

David Eckstein had 3 RBIs with one being from his home run in the fourth inning and Alex Rios got on the board with an RBI as well giving him 12 for the year.

A.J. Burnett came out and opened for the Blue Jays pitching five innings and giving up four hits.  Jeremy Accardo was brought it to close out the game and got his fourth save of the season. 

The Blue Jays and Tigers will play once again on Monday as the Tigers try to even the series.

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The Toronto Blue Jays were not quite able to pull off the come from behide win against the Texas Rangers as they lost 7-5 in fourteen innings.  The Blue Jays had scored three runs in the bottom of the eigth inning to tie the game and eventually send it into extra innings.

A.J. Burnett took the loss for the Blue Jays as he was pitching in relief.  He had a wild pitch that scored the winning run, and then also gave up another run on a single that the Rangers used for insurance.

Jesse Litsch started the game for the Blue Jays and only pitched five innings.  He allowed nine hits and four runs.

Alex Rios, Vernon Wells, Marco Scutaro, and Joe Inglett all had one RBI for the Blue Jays.

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The Toronto Blue Jays scored two runs in the 9th inning but still fell short by a run against the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 4-3.  After scoring a run in the 1st inning, the Blue Jays did not score another run until the top of the 9th inning when they made the game interesting.

Dustin McGowan pitched six innings and took the loss for the Blue Jays.  McGowan is now 0-1 on the season.  He allowed ten hits and three earned runs.  Brian Tallet pitched one inning and allowed one earned run.  Jason Frasor pitched the final inning and allowed one walk, but did not allow a hit or run to score.

Alex Rios hit a two run home run in the 9th inning and Vernon Wells had a RBI single in the first inning.  That was all the scoring that the Blue Jays could get off the Orioles pitchers. 

The Toronto Blue Jays sure seem to have the Boston Red Sox’s number as they once again defeated the Red Sox.  The Blue Jays have now beat the Red Sox six straight times after the 10-2 pounding on Saturday.

Little man David Eckstein led the Blue Jays with three RBI, Frank Thomas collected two RBI, and Alex Rios, Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay, and Greg Zaun all chipped in with one RBI each.  Thomas had a two run homerun for his two RBI.

It was a combined effort by the Blue Jays pitching staff to hold down the Red Sox.  Jesse Litsch started the game and pitched five innings, Brian Tallet, Brian Wolfe, Jason Frasor, and Randy Wells all pitched an inning.  Litsch was the only pitcher to allow an earned run as he let in two runs.

Overall it was a great performance by the entire Blue Jays team.  They will go for their seventh straight win over the Red Sox on Sunday.

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The Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees played another close ballgame, but once again the Yankees came out on top with a one run victory.  On Thursday, the Yankees defeated the Blue Jays 3-2.

Dustin McGowan pitched very well until the 6th inning when he ran into trouble.  He ended up loading the bases with zero outs and then threw a wild pitch that scored Johnny Damon.  Alex Rodriguez then struck out, and Jason Giambi hit a sacrafice fly to tie the game at 2-2.

The Yankees ended up getting the winning run in the bottom of the 8th inning when Bobby Abreu singled in Milky Cabrera.

For the Blue Jays at the plate, David Eckstein and Alex Rios both had an RBI each.  The Blue Jays need some other players to help out if they want to win these close ball games in the future.

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